Hickory Smith’s original
Music Page
* Rollin’ Along *
My Album Rollin’ Along is now on sale at
the Rockabilly Hall of Fame,
Please send a cheques or postal orders, made payable
to;
Gateway business management,
792 Wilmslow rd
Didsbury,
M/c
M20 6UG
And you will receive my album “Rollin’ Along” plus a *free
copy of *One flew over the
(*while stocks last)
The album includes …
“The Salford Riviera” “Pandora’s Box” “Redneck Rag” and will keep on growing
It now also includes “One flew over the
“Mugs away” making a total of 13 tracks and
growing, whilst the price will remain
the same. I hope you enjoy them, Hickory Smith
Listen now free!
Click here to listen to all my free downloads
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Free Tracks from
the Album Rollin’ Along.
The International Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame and Museum
is a resource center dedicated to preserving and promoting Rockabilly Music. The
Hall of Fame recognizes the pioneers of Rockabilly music while the Museum
displays the memorabilia reflecting its heritage.
If
ever you have the pleasure of visiting Jackson Tennessee …….
…..Then the Hall of Fame is a must!! Home of the Late
Carl
Perkins (God Bless him) and birthplace of Blue Sued Shoes and the country style
of music
that goes with it!
The walls and rooms are packed with genuine
memorabilia …
…
and documents; give yourself at least an afternoon
there! …
…
You will want to go back, if not only to see one of Elvis’s Stage Suites
105
Tel: (731) 427-6262
Take a look here! http://www.rockabillyhall.org/….
And many more new songs, to complete what I
have called my traveling album, as all of the material has been written and recorded
by myself in very different circumstances and traits in my life and also
recorded in places like my home studio “HappyHill2004” “Music Row Nashville”
and my mate’s bedroom and various studios in the UK… so quite different eh! The
record is priced at £7.99 in the
·
* All the other musicians playing are: - on “Pandora’s
Box” & “Put Jackson Back on the map” Lee Thomas – Fiddle &
Mandolin. Mike Durham - Lead
Guitar. Mike Joyce – Bass. Terry Feller – Drums. Buddy Hyatt – Keys. Chance (booger) Swoop – Banjo …recorded
at LSI, 27 music squ east,
·
“Just Wastin’ Away”
Paul
Metcalf – Keyboards/drums … recorded at his home in Denton Manchester
·
·
Papa & Toots Keyboard - Tony Banks …
recorded in his own studio in his yard, its called COLD in Droylsden,
·
The rest … Tom Head plays drums on Better World & Red
Neck Rag. (Hickory Smith plays all
other)
The words and music for my
next album are in my head and half written down, so I will be giving a preview
with one of them. I have just written called the muddy waters of the
Link to words and mp3: - the muddy waters of the Mississippi plus
more news!
I will update this page ASP with more news and
links
One Flew Over the
It’s done
at last! “One Flew over the
It might crap on you!
Page Updated 30th of June
2007
Free downloads the
title track Free Downloads
After you have read this page! …
Link to all free downloads below
This album is a chance for all the artistes,
musicians, in the
during my
travels throughout the years, to be heard!
The guys on this album are just a
few of
the artistes that I know that have refused to go with the cabaret trend,
and stuck
to what they like doing best! Regardless of money! These are the people
that
don’t sing “knock three F’in times” (in 5/4) …JOKE,
and “
Or How
about “ten guitars” I used to have to entertain people! Or
they wouldn’t clap! So
After doing forty odd years in a kind of sadistically enjoyable purgatory working clubs!
At last!
I can use my time displaying these guys with there talents, and my new
found old
self! The album is now completed,
and you can buy it at
“
Tourist information centre
Or you may
send a cheque or postal order, made payable to;
Gateway business management,
792 Wilmslow rd
Didsbury, M/c
M20 6UG
If you do decide to make a day out to
Below is a link to the visitors centre page, with maps
etc…
I am now working on getting together the follow up
album, if you think you have a track
or so
that is quality enough, but you cannot get it played, then please send me your
CD,
Or
details, to the above address and we can discuss further! Or
write to me at: - hickory.smith@tiscali.co.uk
Sales of this album
will go
directly to help various charities & arts organisations!
Below is a copy of most of the CD cover insert
Hello I am Hickory Smith, if you have not been on my
website or bought my first album “Rollin’ Along”, (see below) then, you
probably will know little about me or even how I got here! (Sat writing this)
however if you would like to know the details about me and this project, then
please let me briefly tell you about the Credits. When I first thought about
the idea of OFOTP’s I had this mad vision of this
monster that Simon Cowell and others call “The Record Industry”
Taking over
everything to do with music and forcing us to listen to what ever the
“Industry” churns out! And I wasn’t far wrong! That was over a year ago! So we fight back, with these amazing one-off recordings of
real live guys! With all original music and words! Thanks to all.
Please Note
that 50% of the net profit of this disc is to charity!
Here is the story.
About a month ago, early September, I popped down to the local folk night at
the Red Lion, Littleborough, and this is where I met my old friends Molly and
Dave, “The Pheasant Pluckers” they came to my studio and recorded there two
tracks live, It only took them minutes! Molly plays a good guitar and sings and
Dave plays a mean banjo, I put the bass track down later. Within the same week Pete Simmons came to the studio “HappyHills2004” and
recorded a live session his songs are spiritual, and well worth your ears! Only two weeks ago while I
was still writing the words down for the title track OFOTP,
Michael Rothwell who writes and distributes with his brother Mark, the
Manchester free press magazine “MAP” Turned up with one of his superb
collection of his own sonnets so I recorded him with a 40sec slot orating,
“Sonnet to Chalice” I have placed it over the guitar solo in the last version
of O,F,O,T,P’s at the end of the album!
The next day Bill Hyde of “Po’Crackers” a friend of mine for more than
thirty years turned up along with Ian Reynolds and
Listen
to Brian’s steel playing, this album will grow! Oh I must thank
Michael Giddins my favourite local Artiste who is very well known in the
Pennine areas for his tiny painting of dwarf like creatures, and accuracy of
eye! Michael hand painted the cover, at
the original disc size! Look out for his work! Also I must thank “Tom Head” for
drums on O,F,O,T,P Tom is a
brilliant percussionist and has worked with bands such as the fall! He is like
our resident drummer in Littleborough! And he is also on my album “Rollin’
Along” it consists of 10 of my songs, Put Jackson back on the map” won song of
the year in Jackson Tennessee 2006, is also on it
The Album O,F,O,T,P now consists of 20
tracks, and with the exception of “Grand Hornpipe” & “Drowsy Maggie” (both
traditional) all of the songs are written and performed by the people named on
this album! See credits!
Pete Bocking is a
legend in his own lifetime, having played with “The Hollies” Herman’s hermits
& Lonnie Donnegan etc… He is a local guy! And Fireback
Jack (guitar vocalist), has brought me an early copy of Pete and friends,
recorded in 1980, it is called “weavers
lament,” Fire back Jack (Ken) is singing lead (he wrote it) Graham Holmes on
Tambourine … Frank Butterworth on Washboard, and Big Molly Guitar &Vocals,
with Pete Bocking, on lead guitar and Guy on bass! … It is now on this album! Interesting! He was right about the Mills closing down! So Keep Music Live! No artistes, no music!
Buy it and play it! Contact: -hickory.smith@tiscali.co.uk
The link below takes you to my page, where you can
download
Four of my songs complete + a 1min 30sec demo of this
months sample from
the album “One Flew over the
More News below + Link to ALL downloads